About insights
In Nebraska, making informed decisions about education and career pathways requires reliable data and research. For the first time, the public has access to linked data that can help guide these important choices.
The Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System (NSWERS) developed the insights platform to fulfill its mission of fostering a data-informed decision culture that supports learning and earning across the state. insights serves as a public resource, offering a wealth of education and workforce data that has been carefully researched, analyzed, and made available through a variety of products, including interactive dashboards, briefs, special reports, stories, and more.
insights provides access to previously unavailable data, offering valuable tools for educators, administrators, economic development professionals, parents, and policymakers. Whether you’re making decisions about educational strategies, workforce development, or career planning, the insights platform is an essential resource for driving informed action across Nebraska.
About insights Dashboards
As a main feature of the site, insights Dashboards are collections of charts, graphs, and data visualizations that deliver multi-year education and workforce data about Nebraska public schools and employment in the state. Dashboards explore variables over time and are available for each of NSWERS’ eight outcomes: high school graduation, college going, postsecondary persistence, postsecondary graduation, time to employment, employment gap, industry placement, and employment location. By examining variables long term, you can gain perspective on how variables, both individually and in combination, might impact student outcomes. Current and certified data are displayed by year and student type. Data download files are also available.
About NSWERS
NSWERS is the most comprehensive, sustainable, and robust education-to-workforce longitudinal data system ever created in Nebraska. NSWERS promotes great education practices, strong economic development policies, good jobs, growing business, and thriving communities through a state-of-the-art data system that connects statewide information from PK–12 education, through postsecondary education, and into the workforce.
The Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System, or NSWERS, is an interlocal agency with member representatives from Nebraska’s six Community Colleges, the Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska State College System, the University of Nebraska System, and in affiliation with the Nebraska Department of Labor. NSWERS enables seamless integration of data across educational and workforce systems, provides data literacy education, and promotes the use of this data to further evidence-based policy and practices across Nebraska’s educational landscape.
The data found on insights is based on information provided to NSWERS by partner agencies and institutions. While NSWERS strives for accuracy and reliability, official estimates should be obtained directly from the respective partners.